Garment.



H. EDELMAN.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION HLED AUG-9.1916.

HYMAN EDELMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 19117.

Application filed August 9, 1916. Serial No. 113,906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HYMAN EDELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Garments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to garments adapted to be worn by boys and men over the trousers which are usually worn by them, and known to the trade and the public gen erally as overalls.

The objects of the invention are, to obtain a garment of the kind named which is made without side openings, and which can be as readily and easily put on and taken off as though 'said side openings were made therein; to obtain a garment in which pockets may be laced and the openings to said pockets posltioned on the sides of the garment, being located where side openings,

if used, are located; and to obtain a garment of the kind named which will not expose to View, when the same is in proper wearing position, the means whereby the making and using of said opening, (or aperture) is obviated.

In the drawing referred to Figure 1 represents the garment embodying this inven tion in rear elevation, with the several parts in wearing position.

Fig. 2 represents the upper end of said garment in rear elevation, with the parts thereof in position to put on or take off said garment, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective, representing the upper end of said garment with the several parts thereof in the position illustrated in Fig. 1.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figures wherever the same appears.

A A represent the legs of the garment and B, B represent outside seams, and B" an additional seam. b 6 represent the upper ends of seams, B B which are curved inwardly to meet the waist line of the person wearing said garment. C C represent 'rear pockets and D D pockets which are positioned inside of the front of the garment, having the openings (0?) thereof substantially on the seams B, B. E is an aperture on the back of the garment Which extends substantially the same distance above and below the Waist line of the garment, (indicated by the broken line e in Fig. 1). To more particularly locate said aperture it will be observed that it commences sub stantially on. the line of the upper edges of pockets C, C, and extends to the lower ends f, f, of suspenders F, F.

It will be observed that the edge of the cloth of leg .A which enters into seam B extends in aperture E to the broken line which is lettered E, (see Figs. 1 and 3); and the edge of the cloth of leg A which enters into said seam B" overlaps said cloth of leg A, extending to line E, (said line E being a prolongation, in appearance, of scam B). ends of the cloth forming the legs A, A, said cloth extending above the waist line and to the ends 7 of the suspenders F. The stitching which is lettered J in Figs. 1, and 3, may be omitted if desired, to leave the upper end of aperture E open.

H, H, are buttons which are indicated by broken lines to which the front ends of suspenders are illustrated asattached in Fig. 1,

but said attachment forms no part of the invention.

To put on or take off the garment embodying this invention the front ends of. the suspenders are disengaged and thrown back, to fold or bend the cloth of the back and upper ends of legs A, A, substantially on the line 6 (Fig. 1) as is illustrated. in Fig. 2. When sald parts are in said last named position the aperture E is opened and the waist line of the garment enlarged to pass over the hips of the wearer in putting on or taking off the garment. When the upper end of the garment, (as illustrated in Fig. 2) is near the waist line of the wearer, by putting suspenders F, over the wearers shoulders, the aperture E is closed and the outward curves of the upper ends of seams B, B, (the parts of sald seams which are designated by letters I) b in Fig. 2) are thereupon curved inwardly to the waist'of the wearer, as is Illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3.

Some of the advantages of the inwardly curved closed side seams with pocket openlngs 1n sald seams, are, the button holes and G G, represent the curved upper I buttons which are required when the garaway with; it being understood that Where the sides are open at the upper ends thereof the openingsof the front pockets must be forward of said openings. Also a good appearance is given to the garment by said closed seam.

I claim:

A garment made of substantially nonextensible fabric closed on the sides thereof and adapted to extend from the ankles of the wearer only to a point below the arins and provided with an aperture in the back thereof extending above and below the waist of said aperture and are attached to said back, said flap being adapted tocover said aperture and said aperture being adapted tov automatically close while said garment is in wearing position and to open when the upper end of the garment is turned down on the waist line thereof, toenlarge said waist line and permit said garment to be drawn.

over the hips of the wearer and Suspender straps secured to the upper edge of the back of the garment'and adapted to be secured to 

